The worst landfall spots for a Texas hurricane

The risk assessment group Karen Clark & Company looked at the impact a Category 5 "100 Year Hurricane" might have on Texas and found that these areas would cause the highest insurance industry losses on the Texas coast.

By John Boyd

on June 5, 2014 12:53 PM

Photo: Shannon Tompkins/Houston Chronicle

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A so-called Category 5 "100 Year Hurricane" hasn't hit Texas since the storm that almost destroyed Galveston in 1900. If one were to hit Texas, here are the landfall locations where the resulting damage would cause the biggest losses in terms of insurance industry payouts. less

A so-called Category 5 "100 Year Hurricane" hasn't hit Texas since the storm that almost destroyed Galveston in 1900. If one were to hit Texas, here are the landfall locations where the resulting damage would ... more

The worst-case scenario for a 100-year hurricane on the Texas coast is a Category 5 storm which make impact on the northern end of Galveston. (Source: "The 100 Year Hurricane," Karen Clark & Company risk assessment) less

The worst-case scenario for a 100-year hurricane on the Texas coast is a Category 5 storm which make impact on the northern end of Galveston. (Source: "The 100 Year Hurricane," Karen Clark & Company risk ... more

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The worst-case scenario for a 100-year hurricane on the Texas coast... Photo-6411091.87331 - Beaumont Enterprise

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The worst case scenario for a 100-year hurricane for much of the Gulf would be a Category 5 storm that pushed through the Florida panhandle on its way to a second landfall near New Orleans.